It's just a ukulele

So you got your drive and passion, and on the surface it’s not impressive and doesn’t look like anyone else’s.  You’re kind of an odd bird.  When you tell people your interest and what you do (or want to), they shrug.  Yeah, so?  It’s like a ukulele in a world of rock bands and symphony orchestras.  What good can that do?  Why can’t your drive and interest be in something cool?  But you can’t help what you’re interested in, right?  Maybe you could take Jake's advice to ukulele players:

1.  Use what you’ve been given.  You can bring it alive or it wouldn’t have been given to you.  Don’t wish you had someone else’s gift or ability.  Jake got his first uke from his mom when he was a kid and knew it was for him.

2.  “Have fun and play songs you enjoy.”  Run with your passion and do what you enjoy with it.  It’s like Eric Liddell said: “I believe God made me for a purpose, but he also made me fast. And when I run I feel His pleasure.” 

3.  “The basics are so important.  You can never spend enough time on simple things.”  Whenever I get off track and confused and depressed I usually find I’ve wandered from prayer and the Bible and simple trust. 

4.  “Spend time working on your tone.”  Is the river that carries the boat of your message a raging, churning, shore-eroding whitewater?  Pleasant words promote instruction (Proverbs 16.21).

Now imagine taking your passion seriously and embracing it and running with it and working hard at it and doing it for the pure joy of loving it – even though it’s just a ukulele.  Maybe it can end up looking like this:

Comments

[whimzie]

Hi. I recently started lurking here after your daughter mentioned your blog. I had to stop by when I saw Jake. We lived in Hawaii for a couple of years and saw Jake in person every time we had a chance. He's an amazing performer and a truly great guy.

[Robert Lewis]

Incredible,he takes the soul of georges song and runs with ti.